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From: Eagle Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999
Subj: IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED
**Please forward this Alert to your friends!**
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED TO SEND COMMENT NO LATER THAN
MONDAY, APRIL 5 ABOUT NEW FEDERAL REGULATION.
A very important rule is now being considered by OMB.
April 1, 1999
OMB (Office of Management and Budget) is now receiving public
comments on a regulation to implement a new law that should give
the public access to the data and research behind the studies used
by the government to regulate our private lives.
The taxpayers paid for this research, and we should be allowed to
see it and make our own conclusions about whether it is valid or
phony. The universities are very opposed to this law and comments
currently received by OMB are 15 to 1 against the public's right
to know. That's why you need to act immediately.
The law was passed last year, but the OMB regulation will determine
whether or not it becomes useful to citizens. We suggest that
everyone write your own letter, using the facts in the following
letter, which is self-explanatory.
The only practical way to send your comments at this late date is
by e-mail to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Please include your E-mail comments in the text of the
message and not as an attachment. Please include your name, title,
organization, postal address, and E-mail address in the text of
the message.)
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Mr. F. James Charney, Policy Analyst
Office of Management and Budget
Room 6025, New Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20503
Dear Mr. Charney:
I am writing in reference to the OMB notice in the Federal Register
on February 4, 1999, where you published a proposed revision to OMB
Circular A-110 and requested public comments on that revision. This
pertains to the provision (sponsored by Senator Richard Shelby) in
the Omnibus Appropriations Act for FY 1999 (PL 105-277) that allows
public access to raw data from research studies funded by the
Federal Government through grants and agreements with research
universities and other institutions.
I strongly support the Shelby provision because of its critical
importance to the American public. It will enable the public to
obtain, for the first time, through the Freedom of Information Act,
the raw data collected and analyzed under taxpayer-paid federal
research grants and agreements. Instead of being presented with
only the conclusions of tax-funded research studies, the public
will be able to obtain the basis for those conclusions.
The Shelby provision is extremely important to the American public
because the Federal Government funds so much of U.S. research. The
results of this research affect almost every aspect of American
life, from government regulations to public policy issues, both
policy and economic, regarding the family, education, crime, drugs,
guns, the environment, health and safety, business, tax rates, the
Federal budget, and government spending.
Without the ability to obtain the raw data from the research
studies used to support these policy and regulatory decisions, the
public cannot independently judge for itself the validity of the
government's decisions.
Every year, the Federal Government considers over 4,000
regulations. The total regulatory burden for the country is now
estimated to cost over $600 billion. Unless those impacted by these
rules are able to access the research data supporting the
government's findings, they will be severely limited in their
ability to engage in a meaningful debate.
We urge you to issue a strong regulation to implement the new law
in order to make sure that the public has the broadest possible
access to federally funded research data. The taxpayers who paid
for the research should be able to see it.
Sincerely,
Phyllis Schlafly,
President, Eagle Forum
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For a link to the OMB notice in the
Federal Register on February 4, 1999,
please read this Alert on-line at:
http://eagleforum.org/alert/public-access/shelby.html
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